How to Use cross out in a Sentence

cross out

verb
  • There were posters of the manager with his face crossed out within six weeks.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The names of the students who painted the rock over the weekend had been crossed out.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
  • On the far left, the three purple squares must not equal one another (hence the equal sign crossed out).
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Sentences were crossed out and adjectives inserted with a pen.
    — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The name was crossed out and The Charlotte Observer didn’t find the post.
    — Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Mac is by her side, supporting her as their relationship finally crosses out of the friend zone, all those years later.
    — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Once in a while this person writes down seven lines only to cross out one of them fifteen minutes later, and then another hour passes.
    — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • By the 1940s, X was also used as a verb, meaning to cross out with an X, says Harper.
    — James Doubek, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
  • However, Asnani’s name, his company and his contact information were crossed out on the document.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Ship 37 entered as 36's replacement, and, along with its Super Heavy booster, was able to cross out the mission's entire checklist.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The little mountain icon – sometimes with a sun or cloud in the background, other times crossed out or broken – has become the standard symbol, across digital platforms, to signal something missing or something to come.
    — Christopher Schaberg, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Yearly Florida Gators national-champion tattoos, crossed out as the man’s predictions faltered.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 14 Nov. 2025
  • In second-half stoppage time, the 92nd minute of the match, a South African player headed a Canada cross out of the box—to the chest of Stephen Eustáquio, one of Canada’s leaders.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 29 June 2026
  • Ten months earlier, on October 7, Hamas and other allied forces crossed out of Gaza and killed approximately 1,200 people, 800 of whom were civilians.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • The city said in its release Central Iowa Towing and Recovery in its bid crossed out a requirement that the contractor provide notice by mail of the impoundment to the owner of the vehicle within 72 hours and wrote instead 20 days.
    — Lee Rood, Des Moines Register, 20 Feb. 2026
  • One page belongs to Edward VIII, with his title and his address, Buckingham Palace, crossed out, and replaced with the title Duke of Windsor and Cap d’Antibes as his address.
    — Sarah Turner, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In a flurry of activity beginning on March 8, 2025, Purdue filed documents that show lines crossing out the eligibility criteria and victim compensation amounts, with no explanation or substitute language.
    — Craig R. McCoy, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026

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